Torbjørn Yggeseth (18 June 1934 – 10 January 2010) was a Norwegian

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

who was active in the 1960s. He competed for Heggedal Idretsslag. Yggeseth won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1963, the same year he earned the Holmenkollen medal (shared with

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, Pavel Kolchin, and

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). He also had two career victories. Competing in two

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, he earned his best finish of fifth in the individual large hill event at Squaw Valley in

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. After retiring from competitions, Yggeseth had been involved in administrative roles inside the

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, including serving on its technical committee for ski jumping as chair from 1982 to 2004. Yggeseth trained in the

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as a pilot. He also created the

Ski Jumping World Cup The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the Internation ...

which first began in the 1979–80 season. He died of prostate cancer, aged 75.Founder of ski-jumping World Cup dies
Association Internationale De La Presse Sportive (11 January 2010)

References

External links

ABCnyheter 10 January 2010 announcement of Yggseth's death.
– accessed 10 January 2010. *
"Passing of Torbjørn Yggseth".
(13 January 2010

article accessed 13 January 2010.)
Holmenkollen medalists
– click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file
Holmenkollen winners since 1892
– click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file 1934 births 2010 deaths Deaths from cancer in Norway Deaths from prostate cancer Holmenkollen medalists Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Norwegian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers of Norway Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics {{Norway-skijumping-bio-stub